Experience - 70 Retaining C1 on driving licence

[jennyp19]

As John will be 70 in August we came back to UK a little earlier than we would have liked as we had seen stories of licences taking ages to come back.
Someone recommended Doctors on Wheels to us as being reasonably priced. Looked on line and found earliest appointment 3 weeks so bit the bullet and rung them. I am pleased I did - they had an appointment the next day at 10 am. No need to bother taking forms as they fill them in. The appointment was at Truckstop about 30 miles away. You need to take any medicines you take with you also glasses if you wear them. If you have high blood pressure you need the last three readings with you. Luckily John doesn't have regular meds to take. We decided to go night before and park up in the Truckstop. 9am a White Merc sprinter pulled up. We asked about forms and they said no problem we have time now so John went into van. They did basic eye test - read this - small version of opticians. Checked his blood pressure, asked loads of questions - 20 mins later we were on our way home. We paid £52 when we rang up.

Sent the forms off the same day - got them back a few days later - I'd forgotten to enclose old licence and also reading form again there was a crucial sneaky box I hadn't ticked. After posting it back to be signed on receipt - it came back again a week later.

It's a basic cheap service that worked.

 

[snowbirds]

Hi Jen,

That sounds a great deal.when i looked into mine in April I paid £140 to my doctor for private test then i went to Tesco's for Eye test as it was due, £190.00p later and new glasses and all forms filled out i got my licence back in a couple of weeks.But the bad news was the the doctor picked up something in my urine test so i am grounded from Europe for sometime,so get john to take a urine test as he is the same age as me.

Snowbirds.:wave:

As John will be 70 in August we came back to UK a little earlier than we would have liked as we had seen stories of licences taking ages to come back.
Someone recommended Doctors on Wheels to us as being reasonably priced. Looked on line and found earliest appointment 3 weeks so bit the bullet and rung them. I am pleased I did - they had an appointment the next day at 10 am. No need to bother taking forms as they fill them in. The appointment was at Truckstop about 30 miles away. You need to take any medicines you take with you also glasses if you wear them. If you have high blood pressure you need the last three readings with you. Luckily John doesn't have regular meds to take. We decided to go night before and park up in the Truckstop. 9am a White Merc sprinter pulled up. We asked about forms and they said no problem we have time now so John went into van. They did basic eye test - read this - small version of opticians. Checked his blood pressure, asked loads of questions - 20 mins later we were on our way home. We paid £52 when we rang up.

Sent the forms off the same day - got them back a few days later - I'd forgotten to enclose old licence and also reading form again there was a crucial sneaky box I hadn't ticked. After posting it back to be signed on receipt - it came back again a week later.

It's a basic cheap service that worked.

 

[jennyp19]

Good advice re doctors medical. He would have gone down that route, but it's a nightmare getting appointments - I've passed the message on and he will mention what you said when he goes.
Probably he would have got a quick private appointment with the money incentive.

 

[Wooie1958]

doctors on wheels | doctors on wheels

 

[Gadabout2]

I had very similar experience recently....whole process took about 10 days from booking appointment with Doctors on Wheels to receiving my licence back, and overall cost about a third of what my doctor would charge me. I'll use them again in 3 years' time!